you alwats see people that are sleeping portrayed with "Z's" rising about their head. I wonder why... If anyone knows or can come up with a reasonable explanation, answer this.
2006-09-19 16:28:35 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
"ZZZ" is the sound people make when they are sleeping.. maybe? it's like the sound of their breathing. Although I have never heard anyone actually make this "Z" sound while sleeping!
I found this but I'm not quite satisfied with it:
"zees "spell of sleep, a nap" is slang first recorded 1963, Amer.Eng. student slang." http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=z
"Catching Zs
The Zs refer to the supposed sound of a person's breathing (snoring even) when they are asleep. Thus the popular picture of a log being sawn as an icon for 'sleeping'."
http://www.wordwizard.com/slangstreet/showslang.asp?Street=Sleeping
2006-09-19 16:42:01 · answer #1 · answered by ♪ ♫ ☮ NYbron ☮ ♪ ♫ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dude i was wondering the exact same thing today
wiki says zzz is an onopotopoeia for snoring. i guess if you try to sound out zzz it is close to snoring
2006-09-19 16:30:40 · answer #2 · answered by hhio 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
maybe beCAUSe its the last letter and for us its could stand for the last we do in the day or its the sound we make when we snore
2006-09-19 16:32:14 · answer #3 · answered by cutie_pie3461 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My guess is snoring......
But i dont know cuz i dont snore
2006-09-19 16:31:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋